Course Code

Specialisation Areas, and listed alphabetically comprise:
– Architecture (PPHBEARFTU)
– Construction Technology and Management (PPHBECMFTU)
– Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change (PPHBEESFTU)
– Geomatics and Geoinformatics (PPHBEGGFTU)
– Urban and Rural Land Management (PPHBEURFTU)

Entry Requirements

For research degrees, a first class or second-class honours degree, or equivalent qualification

1. Enter MPhilBE + PhDBE at Year-1 of study –if holding an undergraduate/ Bachelor’s degree in the built environment.
2. Enter for MPhilBE+ PhDBE at Year-2 of study omitting Year-1 –if already graduated with a taught. Masters or equivalent degree in the built environment and holding a thesis in the Specialisation Area of choice. Candidates must satisfy the required six (6) credits of research methodology prior to completing MPhilBE Year-2.
3. Enter for PhDBE at Year-3 of study omitting the MPhilBEYear- 1 and MPhilBE- Year-2 –if holding a MPhil or equivalent degree in the built environment in the Specialisation Area of choice, from UTech, Ja or elsewhere.

NB: Architecture specialisation entry must hold architecture bachelor or masters degrees of either RIBA parts 1 and, or 2 or equivalent)

Career Opportunities

These research degrees open up a massive range of possibilities for graduates who will be researchers and innovators in built environment disciplines. Graduates will be able to fulfil career paths locally, regionally and internationally in areas related to designed man-made
structures, features and facilities viewed collectively as an environment in which people live and work. These they will be able to do in ways that balance and harmonize with the natural world for sustainability of the earth’s ecosystem.